Computers for Pupils

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Computers for Pupils

• Lessons from the ICT Test Bed Project (Barking
  and Dagenham)
• Guy Underwood
• (Senior Adviser for ICT)

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ICT Test Bed

• Impact of ICT
• Teaching and Learning
• Leadership and management
• Workforce developments
• Collaboration
• Home community links
• 4 year project
• Independent evaluation

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Context in relation to CfP

• 3 of the 9 ICT Test Bed schools put computers
  into homes in 2004
• Pupils are resident in one of the 10 most
  disadvantaged areas
• Internet connectivity was not provided

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The Achievements

• Collaboration between 3 schools
• Communication to and from the community
• Localised digital content creation
• Raised standards
• Workforce re-modelling
• Functional procurement for localised need
• Supplier engagement

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Change management

• Roles
• Processes
• Managingassumptions

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Collaboration

• Schools and FE sector
• Content Workshop
• Curriculum mapping
• Voluntary sector
• Local Council priorities (basic skills)
• ECM healthy / safe agendas

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Communication

• Between schools
• With the community
• Multi faceted
• Two way

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The challenges

• Reaching the hard to reach
• Maximising the opportunities to support school
  development plan targets
• Ownership by stakeholders
• Monitoring impact at school level
• Technical support
• Sustaining online content and information

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Key messages

• Engage all those responsible for student outcomes
  ownership of CfP
• Student outcomes should drive the technical
  solution
• Ensure that logistical, support and security
  elements are addressed
• Maximise the exciting opportunities to ensure ICT
  in the community impacts on standards

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Further information

• Council website (search Test Bed)
• www.lbbd.gov.uk
• Becta website (search Test Bed)
• www.becta.org.uk
• Content Workshop
• www.barkingcollege.ac.uk/cw
• Guy Underwood
• guy.underwood_at_lbbd.gov.uk